Dombey and Son ( Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation; monthly serial, October 1846 to April 1848). Novel. Estella can also be looked at as a strong independent woman towards the end. She has suffered and in consequence, humbled herself and realises how to love (at least in the second ending). She is no longer a bright shining star who's out of reach but a strong independent woman who has gotten rid of her demons and living life anew. Biddy was the wisest of girls, and she tried to reason no more with me. She put her hand, which was a comfortable hand though roughened by work, upon my hands, one after another, and gently took them out of my hair. Then she softly patted my shoulder in a soothing way…" (Chapter 17, Pg. 229-230) Quilp, Daniel An evil dwarf in The Old Curiosity Shop, who lends money to Nell's grandfather (who gambles it away and flees). Quilp attempts to find Nell and her grandfather as they travel through the country. Later Quilp is pursued by the police and, lost in the fog, drowns in the Thames. Pardiggle, Oswald is Mrs Pardiggle's second son who is forced to participate in all her causes in Bleak House.

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Ghost of Christmas Present, The shows Scrooge the joy that Christmas brings, both at the poor household of the Cratchits and at the home of his nephew Fred. The ghost also introduces Scrooge to the children, Ignorance and Want in A Christmas Carol.Agnes is the perfect female character. She seems to have no faults and lives up to a higher moral code than all of the men that surround her. Meanwhile, David is full of faults. He is incapable of recognizing how compatible he and Agnes are together, at first mistaking her goodness and sacrifices for sisterhood rather than something that could turn into the romantic partnership of marriage. This causes his aunt, Betsey Trotwood, to remark that he is “Blind. blind!” (504). He instead chases after Dora, a pretty girl without much substance, but who is angelic in her standards of beauty and innocence. Even though it is clear that David and Dora re not compatible they marry and share a relationship that seems mostly based on his appreciation for her beauty. Despite the fact that Dora does nothing to help build David into the man he is capable of being, she is still viewed as an angelic figure because she does nothing sinful. Pawkins, Major and Mrs Proprietors of a New York boarding house where Martin and Mark stay. The Major is typical of the scoundrels they meet in America in Martin Chuzzlewit

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Skelton, Stephen. "Reclaiming 'A Christmas Carol' ". Christian Broadcasting Network. Archived from the original on 15 January 2019 . Retrieved 25 February 2019. As the wife of such a star, Catherine began to be overlooked. Meanwhile, while she was as happy as her husband at first, her multiple pregnancies – from which she barely got the chance to recover before getting pregnant again – began to take their toll on her health, energy and their marriage. Diver, Colonel Editor of the New York Rowdy Journal. Diver meets Mark and Martin on board the Screw and directs them to Pawkins boarding house in Martin Chuzzlewit. Dennis, Ned is the Executioner at Tyburn, becomes involved in the Gordon Riots and is executed in Barnaby Rudge.Jeddler, Marion Younger daughter of Dr Jeddler. She runs away to live with her Aunt Martha that her sister Grace may marry Alfred Heathfield in The Battle of Life.

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Gargery, Pip young son of Joe and Biddy Gargery at the end of Great Expectations. He is named for Philip Pirrip. Barkis A carrier between Blunderstone and Yarmouth. He marries Clara Peggotty. Quote: "Barkis is willin'" is his proposal of marriage to her in David CopperfieldGranger, Edith Paul Dombey's second wife is the widow of Colonel Granger and the daughter of Mrs Skewton. She marries Dombey but does not love him. She later elopes with Carker, a manager at Dombey's firm, to punish her husband in Dombey and Son. Hexam, Gaffer Waterman, father of Lizzie and Charlie, who plies the Thames looking for dead bodies. He finds a body thought to be John Harmon, the central character in the story in Our Mutual Friend. Lodge, David (2002). Consciousness and the Novel. Harvard, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-674-00949-3. Defarge, Madame Wife of wine shop keeper, Ernest Defarge, and a leader among the revolutionaries. She harbours an intense hatred of Charles Darnay for atrocities committed against her family by the Evremonde family. Madame Defarge is killed in a struggle with Miss Pross in Paris in A Tale of Two Cities.